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Mercedes-Benz Parking Garage
Mannheim, Germany
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Mercedes-Benz Parking Garage
Mannheim, Germany
A parking garage is rarely expected to communicate with its surroundings. In Mannheim, the competition-winning design for the Mercedes-Benz parking garage turns this assumption on its head by using form and façade as mediators between industry and residential city.
The building is defined by an organically curved outer geometry that dissolves the rigidity typically associated with multi-storey car parks. Positioned between the Mercedes-Benz plant and neighboring housing, the structure acts as a spatial buffer, translating industrial scale into an urban-compatible architectural language. This transition is articulated through a continuous façade of metal lamellas that give the building its distinctive, flowing character.
The lamella system performs multiple functions simultaneously. Its upward-opening configuration improves acoustic protection, while controlled openings ensure natural daylight penetration and passive ventilation of the parking levels. Lateral perforations allow the lamellas to be used as a substructure for façade greening, enabling vertical planting that contributes to a more favorable microclimate and reduces the visual mass of the building.
Rather than treating infrastructure as a purely technical necessity, the project integrates environmental performance, sound control and spatial quality into a single architectural concept. The façade becomes an active interface—filtering noise, air and light—while offering the potential for seasonal change through vegetation.
The Mercedes-Benz parking garage demonstrates how infrastructural buildings can exceed their functional role. By combining structural efficiency with an expressive architectural identity, the project establishes a new benchmark for parking structures as integral components of the urban fabric.
The building is defined by an organically curved outer geometry that dissolves the rigidity typically associated with multi-storey car parks. Positioned between the Mercedes-Benz plant and neighboring housing, the structure acts as a spatial buffer, translating industrial scale into an urban-compatible architectural language. This transition is articulated through a continuous façade of metal lamellas that give the building its distinctive, flowing character.
The lamella system performs multiple functions simultaneously. Its upward-opening configuration improves acoustic protection, while controlled openings ensure natural daylight penetration and passive ventilation of the parking levels. Lateral perforations allow the lamellas to be used as a substructure for façade greening, enabling vertical planting that contributes to a more favorable microclimate and reduces the visual mass of the building.
Rather than treating infrastructure as a purely technical necessity, the project integrates environmental performance, sound control and spatial quality into a single architectural concept. The façade becomes an active interface—filtering noise, air and light—while offering the potential for seasonal change through vegetation.
The Mercedes-Benz parking garage demonstrates how infrastructural buildings can exceed their functional role. By combining structural efficiency with an expressive architectural identity, the project establishes a new benchmark for parking structures as integral components of the urban fabric.
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